Modernization and its political consequences : Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

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Label

Modernization and its political consequences : Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

Title remainder

Weber, Mannheim, and Schumpeter

Statement of responsibility

Hans Blokland ; translated by Nancy Smyth Van Weesep

Creator

• Blokland, Hans Theodorus

Subject

• Politics and culture
• Political science -- Philosophy

Language

• eng
• dut
• eng

Summary

"People's capacity to give meaning and direction to social life is an essential dimension of political freedom. Yet many citizens of Western democracies believe that this freedom has become quite restricted. They feel they are at the mercy of anonymous structures and processes over which they have little control, structures and processes that present them with options and realities they might not have chosen if they had any real choice. As a result, political interest declines and political cynicism flourishes. The underlying cause of the powerlessness pervading the current political system could be modernization. Taking the work of Max Weber, Karl Mannheim, and Joseph Schumpeter as a point of departure, Hans Blokland here examines this process. The topics covered are, among others, the meaning of modernization, the forces that drive it, and, especially, the consequences of modernization for the political freedom of citizens to influence the course of their society via democratic politics."--Publisher's website

Member of

• Modernisering en haar politieke gevolgen

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

320.01

Index

index present

LC call number

JA71

LC item number

.B54513 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography